We look forward to seeing returning alumni during Bowdoin Reunions this coming weekend. Tours of the current exhibitions will be held each day. If you haven't already seen
Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art, please make a point of doing so, as this acclaimed exhibition closes on June 3
rd. Later in the month, on June 23
rd, we open
Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting, an exhibition that highlights art works and objects from the Museum's Winslow Homer Archival Collection and includes loans from twenty-six museums and private collectors. Four years in the making, this project sheds new light on one of America's most revered artists. Student-led tours of this and other exhibitions will happen daily at 1:30 pm throughout the summer.
See you at the Museum!
Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear
Co-Directors
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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CONTINUING
Richard Pousette-Dart:
Painting/Light/Space
Through September 16, 2018
By 1960, Richard Pousette-Dart was widely recognized for his contributions to Abstract Expressionism. Between 1960 and the mid-1970s, however, the painter explored new artistic strategies and techniques. The resulting works, replete with sparkling colors and brilliant whites, reflect the energy that the artist experienced in his environment. Stressing the immaterial and performative qualities of art and the importance of the creative process itself, Pousette-Dart created a legacy of enduring significance for contemporary artists and viewers.
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Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting
This exhibition explores the question of Homer's relationship with the medium of photography and its impact on his artistic practice. As one attuned to appearances and how to represent them, Homer understood that photography, as a new visual technology, had much to reveal. This exhibition thus adds an important new dimension to our appreciation of this pioneering American painter, demonstrating his recognition that photography did not undermine, but instead complemented his larger artistic interests.
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Winslow Homer's
Eight Bells
Eight Bells
features two mariners, nearly identical in appearance and outfit. While one looks through his nautical instrument out to sea --- like Homer looking out from the second floor balcony of his studio at Prout's Neck --- the other looks down at his instrument-like a painter studying his palette. Might Homer have considered this work a self-portrait? The pair presents two types of looking, one peering out in the distance, the other focused on something close at hand. In their spatial relationship, the two individuals bear similarities to the subjects represented in the motion study photographs of Homer's contemporaries Thomas Eakins and Eadweard Muybridge.
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James Bowdoin III's Collection and Its Legacy
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Work on Paper of the Month
The Museum proudly announces the acquisition of a rare lithograph,
Proun 2B, by El Lissitzky, a key member of the Russian Avant-garde. El Lissitzky invented the Proun (pronounced Pro-oon) in Vitebsk in the autumn of 1919, at the height of the Russian revolution, where the young architect and illustrator taught printmaking and architecture at a "people's art school" under the direction of Kazimir Malevich. Since about 1913, Malevich had developed Suprematism, an artistic philosophy that became foundational for geometric abstraction in twentieth century art.
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Become a Member of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
We hope you'll stop by the Museum this summer! There are several exhibitions, featuring art from ancient times to the present, on view for your enjoyment.
For more information, please check our home page, or contact Caroline Baljon, Membership and Programs Coordinator, at (207)-725-3276.
The support of our members helps us to realize future exhibitions, public programs, and educational offerings, which are always open to students and the general public free of charge. Membership offers special access to events and serves as a connection to a community of students and faculty who are actively engaged at the Museum. If you are not already a member, we hope that you will show your support for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art by
joining today
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calendar
June 8
Second Friday ArtWalk
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Museum of Art
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June 23
Revisiting Winslow Homer: A Conversation with the Curators
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Kresge Auditorium
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June 23
Reception to celebrate Winslow Homer and the Camera
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Museum of Art
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June 28
Bowdoin International Music Festival at the Museum of Art
11:00 am
Museum of Art
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